[nidokidos] PHOTOGRAPHS OF CALCUTTA (KOLKATA) 1912

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PHOTOGRAPHS OF CALCUTTA (KOLKATA) 1912 Amazing collection of photographs depicting life in India a century ago are found in an old shoebox. A tennis party pose among tea trolleys: full-length dresses and sun hats for the ladies; shirt-sleeve order, neat moustaches and optional pipe for the men. One image shows buildings in the city of Calcutta lit up over the Lal Dighi body of water, commemorating a British royal visit, while another depicts ships arriving at the Chandpal Ghat, the main landing site for visitors to the city along the Hooghly River. All 178 of the plate-glass negatives were found inside a size-nine Peter Lord shoebox by the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS) in Edinburgh. All 178 images were found in a Peter Lord shoe-box in Edinburgh and are about 100 years old. [1] A tennis party poses (one, far right, with a pipe) among tea trolleys in this photo taken in India around a century ago. [2] Two men stick dance in front of a crowd in Maidan, Calcutta. The dance represents a mock fight between legendary warrior Durga and the mighty demon king Mahishasura. [3] Buildings on the south-east side of Lal Dighi, Calcutta, lit at night for the 1912 British royal visit by King George V and Queen Mary. [4] Archivists have confirmed some of the images were definitely taken in 1912, when the royals visited. It was the only trip by a British monarch to India as Emperor of the subcontinent. [5] King George V and the Queen arrive in Delhi in 1911. [6] A crowded riverside with bathers at Chandpal Ghat in Calcutta, the main landing site for visitors to the city along the Hooghly River. [7] A street scene in an unknown location, capturing life in India at least a century ago. [8] Ships arriving at Chandpal Ghat, while crowds gather by the docks. [9] A Jain temple complex in Calcutta called Dadaji's Temple. even today it is a sight-seeing place for visitors. [10] A street hairdresser giving a 'Hindustani haircut' (pudding bowl) in Strand Road South, Calcutta. [11] Celebrations for the visit of King George V and Queen Mary to Calcutta in 1912. [12] A Muhurram (sacred month) procession through a crowded Calcutta street with tazieh theatre performance in the background. Tazieh drama re-enacts heroic tales of love and sacrifice. [13] Calcutta is lit up for the royal visit [14] A group seated in two ferry canoes moored in a stream at an unknown location. [15] Waterside with a group of washer-men at a Dhobighat (open-air laundry zone).

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